Under the Covers [Part 1]
Her robes nearly cover her feet, save the tips of her toes peeking from beneath the purple velvet. Her black cloak provides her with extra warmth as she approaches a rather old looking town. The cobbled pathways, tattered and used well, definitely...
Game of the Year
Just like every year, the games begin, the same games that cause thousands of deaths to fall upon innocent lives. The legend of one extravagant woman who braved these apocalyptic games is still hummed over all thirteen districts. District thirteen,...
Mystery Meat
Sheila, Yami, and Deron have been friends since the days they were born. Their mothers would often get together after school hours to allow their children to play while they have their tea. Today would be no different. As the young cheetah, panda,...
The Graves
"Do you think she'd ever remember us?" Tammi groans, looking down onto her mother's grave, her ears drooped downward as a tear bounces off her whiskers. "I'm not sure. I mean, if there's an afterlife, maybe she does. Maybe she's with us right...
Dead to the Guild
He concentrated hard as he watched her cry. It wasn't her fault... it was never her fault. Things just happen. She looks around quickly to be sure that nobody could see her. Turning around, she sees him standing behind her. "Luka..." Khali...
Respecting Elders
Anakin watches as the stars outside the ship zip by before his eyes. Only ten, soon to be eleven, and already his life has been filled with the wonders of the galaxy - stars, comets, space craft, and visiting entire new worlds. If only his mother...
She Would be Proud
Karalee Dhal at only twenty years old walks into her bakery, that's right, _her_ bakery, and already, her co-owner, Dusty has a frown across his strong, usually happy, rich, bonze face. Karalee sighs as she hangs her jacket on the same hook she...
The Sugar Plum Princess
Once upon a time, in a lovely kingdom of sugar and spirit warming sweetness, there lived a princess with the sweetest of sugars and the firmest of flesh. This princess was no rosy cheeked human nor soft, furry maiden; her round, plump, ripened...
Trusting Dragon
Tons of kids my age usually discover self worth when they're a little older, but for me, it happened yesterday. I know, I know... I'm only six, but I'm not stupid, you know. I'm pretty smart for a bunny my age, but if you had seen me yesterday, you...
The Candy Fish
No more than eight years old, a little red fox named Nico decides that his time is better spent outdoors, fishing and setting traps for tiny rodents to bring home to his mother and father. As he prepares his fishing gear, his mother stops him...
Red and Blue
Long ago, a great war had become the death of a great kingdom once known as a great place of peace and harmony - a place of sanctuary for its many citizens. The kingdom of Gellictos was once a home to thousands upon thousands of gummy bear...
Turtles for Sue
Ever since we were children, I remember Sue always complaining that she wanted a pet turtle. All through kindergarten, she'd talk about it during recess and snack time. She even had a stuffed turtle toy that she'd bring to show and tell every...